Tag: Middle East

Donald Trump gambled. But has he won? He has bombed Iran’s nuclear program and immediately imposed a ceasefire on Israel and the Islamic Republic, and without a single American casualty. That is vindication over those…

It looks as if the hope that bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities would be a one-and-done affair was wishful thinking. On Monday evening, Iran fired missiles at our military base in Qatar where about 10,000 U.S.…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States inserted itself into Israel’s war against Iran by dropping 30,000-pound bombs on a uranium enrichment site early Sunday, raising urgent questions about what remains of Tehran’s…

Israel’s attack on Iran opens the next phase of the Great Middle Eastern War that began on Oct. 7, 2023. Over the past 20 months, that war has played out on fronts across the region…

Iranian missiles struck Israel in retaliation for deadly Israeli attacks on nuclear sites and military leaders. The wail of air raid sirens and the rumble of explosions could be heard throughout Israel on Friday, and Associated Press…

President Donald Trump redefined America’s role in the world during last week’s four-day trip to the Middle East. Since World War II, the United States’ foreign policy has been driven by an assumed responsibility to…

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Donald Trump arrived Tuesday for the first leg of his Middle East tour in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, where he was welcomed with a pomp-and-circumstance-filled ceremony and a high-powered…

With his first weeks back in office, and especially after Friday’s Oval Office brawling with Ukraine’s president, it’s clear President Trump has designs for a new world order. Perhaps he could share this vision with…

Donald Trump’s first two weeks in the Oval Office have featured plenty of jaw-dropping moments. Even so, his proposal of an American “takeover” of Gaza on Feb. 4 was extraordinary.  He combined sinister ideas —…

If life is full of surprises, life in the Middle East is full of shocks. Even by that standard, the fall of Damascus is a stunner.  Until two weeks ago, nothing in the region seemed…